UCD Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering

UCD Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering

...bringing science to life

...bringing science to lifeUCD Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering

Dr Dermot [email protected] Patricia Kieranpatricia.kieran@ucd. ie

‘Make your mind up’ time…..



• Ireland's oldest & largest Chemical Engineering School• BE Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering

– 4-year programme– accredited at Master's level by IChemE– 35-45 graduates per annum– > 1300 graduates since 1956

• MEngSc in Biopharma Engineering– Full- & part-time– > 60 graduates since 2007

• MEngSc in Chemical Engineering– non-EU students


Prof Don MacElroyHead of School

Graduating Class & Staff, 2011


Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering Education

• Preparation for life-long learning–scientific, mathematical & engineering competencies–engineering problem-solving skills–effective team work & professional awareness

• Strong industrial links–Adjunct Professors

Dr David O'Reilly, formerly CEO Chevron Dr Michael Egan, formerly Director PM

– Industrial Internships (>85%)• Excellence in Teaching & Learning

–ExxonMobil Excellence in Teaching Awards–Developing innovative teaching methods Peer-Assisted Tutorial


Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering Research

• Research Strengths– Bioprocess Engineering & Multiphase Systems– Materials Design– Computational Nanotechnology – Energy Conversion Systems Engineering – Pharmaceutical Process Engineering

• Teaching & Research Personnel– 11 full-time Academic Staff– 15 Research Fellows– 29 PhD students– 5 MSc students– 6 Technical Staff

APC: partners in pharmaceutical engineering

Campus company, est. Mar 2011 Directors: Prof Brian Glennon &

Dr Mark Barrett 5 full-time employees Provides proprietary

technologies & unique, customised solutions to international pharmaceutical industry

Clients in Ireland, USA & Europe. Winner, Nova Start-Up Award

2011Phase II Phase III Manufacture 2nd

Generation

• Route Selection & Design• Technology-Enabled Platforms

• Process Scale-Up• Process Optimization

• Process Intensification• Cost Reductions



4-year (8 semester) degree programme typically 35-40 graduates professionally, internationally accredited:

IChemE (MEng level)

Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering? One curriculum for Stages 2, 3, 4 Opportunities to emphasise Chem/Bio through electives

strong emphasis on development of scientific, mathematical & engineering competencies Engineering problem-solving skills effective team work

preparation for professional life


Stage 2 Modules

Semester 1• CHEN20010 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry for Engineers• CHEN20020 Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering Measurement • CHEN20040 Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory 1• CHEN20030 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics & Kinetics• MATH20240 Mathematics for Engineers : Calculus of Several

Variables • Elective

Semester 2• CHEM20060 Organic Chemistry for Engineers• CHEN20050 Biotechnology for Engineers• CHEN20060 Transport Phenomena• CHEN20070 Computers in Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering • STAT20060 Mathematics for Engineers V• Elective

co-requisite modules


Stage 2 Laboratory/Project Work

Semester 1CHEN20040 Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering

Laboratory 1• Engineering & Chemistry experiments

• Computing Sessions• Group project - Problem-based

learning: Design, Construction & Evaluation of a Heat Exchanger

Members of the winning team in the PBL HXCR Project 2008-

09 with their tubular HXCR

(L-R) Matthew Perron, Phillip Roche, Meabh Doyle, James Robinson


Stage 2 Laboratory/Project Work

Semester 2• CHEN20050 Biotechnology for

Engineers– Group-based poster presentation

• CHEN20070 Computers in Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering – EXCEL, Matlab, Visio, AutoCAD

CHEN20050 Winning Poster 2007-08(Cormac Hanley, Sarah Hinchin,

Jason Lott, Stephen O’Brien)


Stage 2 - Pat McAdam Scholarship

Martin McAdamUCD BE (Chem) 1982

• Scholarship established in memory of Pat McAdam, at the request of Mr Martin McAdam, to celebrate and honour the life and work of his late wife, Pat, a much-loved teacher.

• €2,500.00 Donal FineganPat McAdam Scholar 2011

JYA Santa Barbara 2011-12


Stage 3 Modules

Semester 1• CHEN30010 Chemical & Bioprocess Reaction Engineering• CHEN30030 Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering

Thermodynamics• CHEN30050 Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory 2• EEME30040 Professional Engineering (Finance)• MAPH30160 Mathematics for Engineers VI• Elective

In-Programme Elective• CHEN30040 Commercial Pharmaceutical & Bioprocessing

Technology


Stage 3 Modules

Semester 2• CHEN30020 Unit Operations• CHEN30130 Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics• CHEN30140 Process Instrumentation & Control• CHEN30150 Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering Design• CHEN30160 Computational Methods in Chemical & Bioprocess

Engineering• CHEN30120 Applied Chemistry


Stage 3 Laboratory/Project WorkSemester 1• CHEN30050 Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering

Laboratory 2– Pair-based experimental work– Laboratory/pilot-scale equipment– Distillation, evaporation, drying….– Complements CHEN30020 Unit Ops

Semester 2• CHEN30150 Chemical &

Bioprocess Engineering Design– Design of a piece of process

equipment– Factors to consider: purpose,

chemical design, material, equipment, safety, cost


Stage 3 Peer-Assisted Tutorials (PAT)

Semester 2• CHEN30020 Unit Operations

– Group-based tutorials– Work on exam-type questions– Led by Peer Tutors

• Stage 4 students

• CHEN30160 Computational MethodsPeer Tutors supporting students during 2-hour computing sessions

Stage 3 students, working with their Tutor during a PAT

March 2009


Stage 3 – Internships

• Stage 3 students strongly encouraged to secure Summer Internships in industry

• Assisted by School – 2012: Veolia 'Mock Interviews for Stage 2 students

• Companies recruiting for Summer 2012BMS (2)ConocoPhillipsDPS EngineeringEli LillyGlaxoSmithKline (3)

Merck (USA)Pfizer (2)RocheRottapharmUCD (2)

• 9-15 month placementsBourneville, UK Cadbury, Dublin (3)Lilly, Cork Pfizer, CorkValero, UK (2)


Preparing for the Internships

• CHEN30040 Commercial Pharmaceutical & Bioprocessing Technology– Lectures on biological & engineering aspects of

bioprocessing– Professional preparation

• CV preparation• Interview workshop• Ethics workshops• Technical & Recruitment presentations from

companies within the Chemical/(Bio)Pharma/Process sectors

• Project on a specified biopharmaceutical


Year Abroad?

Spend Stage 3 at another University?• Erasmus Programme

– École Nationale Supérieure in Saint-Étienne, France

– Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) in Germany

– Up to 2 students per annum

• Non-EU University Exchange Programmes2011-12: – University of California, Santa Barbara (2)– University of California, Berkeley– University of Brisbane– University of Melbourne (2)


Stage 4 Modules

Semester 1• CHEN40010 Environmental Engineering • CHEN40150 Advanced Separation Processes • CHEN40160 Advanced Heat Transfer and Fluid

Mechanics • CHEN40170 Process Design, Safety and Economics • CHEN40180 Chemical Engineering Processes • CHEN40210 Advanced Experimental Design Preparation

for Design ProjectLed by professional engineer

Preparation for Design & Research Projects• Literature review linked to Research

Project• Statistical Experimental Methods• Workshops on Group-Based Problem-

Solving


Stage 4 Modules

Semester 2• CHEN40190 Chemical

Engineering Design Project 15 credits

• CHEN40200 Chemical Engineering Research Project 10 credits

• Elective

In-Programme Elective• CHEN40430 ‘Peer-Assisted

Tutoring in Chemical Engineering’

Stage 4 Peer TutorsMarch 2009


Stage 4 Design Project‘Capstone’ Design project Stage 4 (semester 2; 12-week project) 15-credits (i.e. 3 ‘normal’ modules; half of a full

semester load) Group-based Required for IChemE accreditation process synthesis, equipment specification & design,

safety & loss prevention, economic assessment & environmental impact …..Design a fermentation plant to produce 100 tonnes per annum of Penicillin G…..

…..Design a plant to produce 50,000 tonnes per annum of electronic-grade N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP)…..


Stage 4 Research Project

• Stage 4 (semester 2; 12-week project)• Individually, or in pairs• Laboratory-based or PC-based; some industrially-

linked• Closely linked to School research activities

• Effect of oxygen level on the ex vivo generation of fully mature human red blood cells

• Assessment of mixing in an aerated stirred tank reactor

• Nanoparticles for fuel cells• Mixing and mass transfer in

external loop airlift reactor • Thermal conductivity of methane

hydrate from equilibrium MD simulation

• Residence time distributions in continuous stirred tank and plug flow reactors

• Investigation of Ionic Liquids systems under zero and e/m field conditions

• Application of probiotic bacteria (Lactobaccillus casei) for production of biosurfactants

• Scale up and economic analysis of a novel bioplastic production process

• Integrating DynoChem into the ChemE curriculum


Life after graduation……?

• BE degree• Accredited by IChemE at Masters level

BUT ARE THERE ANY JOBS???!!!YES!!!











• BE degree• Accredited by IChemE at Masters level• What are the Current Stage 4 students

planning?– ConocoPhillips– Eli Lilly– Glanbia– DPS Engineering– Finance– PhD research in Chemical Engineering– Post-graduate courses in Biopharmaceutical

Engineering, Energy, Process Control, Teaching, Pharmacy, Maths, Business…


Additional Information……

• Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering Videoshttp://www.ucd.ie/chembioeng

• IChemE ‘Why Not Chem Eng?’http://www.whynotchemeng.com

• Talk to our staff and students!



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